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It also prevents the whole thing from burning out at once, they just go one LED at a time.

I think the automatic transmissions are getting there. I still like manual for the fun factor on a twisty road, but the automatics in BMW, Merc, Audi, hell even VW; just aren't the performance leeches they used to be.

Sweet. About 6 years ago I used a KVM CAT5 extender to keep my PC in another room (quieter), but the lack of peripherals always slowed me down. Now I keep my PC about 8 feet away, tethered by USB to external optical drives on my desk. This would be fantastic, depending on the bandwidth total for...

Fantastic shot e_dawg. And that brings up another question. Where is a good place online to host pictures? I like flickr's speed, tagging, and comment capabilities; is there something else I should look at?

I saw the "P&S" part and ruled that thread out. I don't think a single thing we've discussed here even applies to most pocket cameras; the adjustments simply aren't there. That is why I got an SLR, so I could learn all this stuff ;)

Thanks for the well composed reply Tannin. I have some questions, but I need to digest what you said first.

Please excuse the n00b question... I've been reading a LOT, and one thing still evades me. What property makes a macro lens a different category than a regular lens? Wikipedia says: So for my camera that would mean an object only 22mm across would need to fill the frame? Is the only...

Thanks for the clarification, Adcadet. The other bit of useful information is how big are the individual print jobs going to be. If everyone is just doing 1-2 page docs, then speed is practically irrelevant. If a few people a day will be printing manuals out of the thing, it needs to be faster.

After having the camera for about 9 hours and taking about 300 pictures, I've got some ideas about what I like and what I don't. I don't like anything to be out of focus. My favorite shot so far was a 10s exposure at f38 and ISO100 on the 55mm end of the lens. My hands shake way too much. I'm...

Then perhaps our ideas of "high volume" are different. What is the load looking like? How many pages would a "large job" be? How many of these a week? For how many people would this be the default printer?

Ouch. You will almost certainly get a better deal getting longer cables in the first place if your application permits.

No snow, but I drive off-road most days. Light-heavy mud is a regular occurance. I've never gotten stuck, but I've had trucks around be get bogged down. ;)

There were quite a few threads about specific topics, but not really a "something random" for cameras...so here it is ;) Now that I am the proud owner of a used Canon 20D (Thanks Tony!); I, too, feel the need to spend more money. ;) I have the Body and the kit 18-55mm lens; more than enough to...

I got to drive a friend's 335i sedan today, an absolute blast. I have my eyes on the 135i that the US should be getting next year.

When it comes to the larger volume toys I either use HP or Xerox. Depending on the volume, you might consider a copier/multifunction. I've had good luck with these, and their primary role as a copy machine makes the cost easier to swallow for a lot of people.

All of Merc's are great technical solutions. For a less technical solution, take the power brick for the modem with you. Wire it so that it is in a convenient location, and just remove it.

Great article Merc. Forwarded it to the GF's co-workers; perhaps they will "get" me more...

Is it dial-up? DSL? Cable?

Log into the router, and set some access restrictions. The router is password protected.

Quite so. I was racing from LA to Hawaii once (transpac), and the night shifts were the worst; minimal crew, everyone is tired (6 on, 4 off - shorthanded). The only thing that made it worthwhile was the stars at night, but if you looked for too long you would lose your balance and fall over.

I just woke up. I'll be in workshops all weekend, so you won't see me around much.

Looks like you have things well under control. I noticed a significant RADI5 write speed improvement when I added the battery backup unit and set the card to "performance" mode. I would expect to see speeds around 130MB/s with that setup.

That is a nice (and expensive!) solution Blake. Perhaps I did something wrong, but I configured an MD1000 with 750GB drives and the controller and it came to $15k.

That case looks fine. It also features an inverted motherboard tray, but depending on your motherboard that should be fine. If this machine is going to be near humans, I recommend replacing the 92mm fans on the Supermicro enclosures with quieter ones. If they are low-rpm fans, you might have to...

True. But they still only use regular SATA plugs on the back. If I'm going to be stuck with regular SATA plugs, I'll use the Supermicro enclosures (higher drive density and swappable fans for reasonably quiet operation).

Couldn't agree more. That is why I love teaching (Argentine Tango) at Stanford; all the students have a solid frame of reference and come prepared.

What I'm looking for is a hot-swap enclosure that supports multi-lane plugs directly (multi-lane is a single cable that carries 4 SATA channels) to clean up the cabling. My 3Ware card currently has multi-lane connectors on it, and the break-out cables make a mess.

I'm going to try and talk you out of that case as well. I have one sitting by my front door as we speak. It used to be my main case (I think it is still in my sig). Cooling for the drives is awful; the 120mm intake fan is completely choked off and the 2 optional 80mm fans in the rear need to be...

The thing that has always pushed me towards the Shuffle/Nano is the fact that none of them are big enough to hold the entire music collection. I'd love to see a 250GB version. Barring that, something smaller makes more sense; if I need to sync to change music anyway, there is no point in trying...

There are a number of 3rd party apps that will work. If you are willing to pay, I really liked Anapod.

After getting lost, this package was theoretically "out for delivery" two days running, but he never made it to my door. I've finally had it, and put it on hold in another city, where I can pick it up myself. Hopefully I won't miss the camera while I'm out.

It is darn steep, but I need to get the Raptors out of my system to make room for more data drives.

I read elsewhere that if your temps are off by more than a degree or two, you might want to re-seat your heatsink. But all those temps are low enough that I might not bother.

I managed to talk Tannin out of one of his in a moment of weakness. ;) I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow. Yep. And if it is as good as I hope, I'll be putting a 1.8" PATA in my ASUS R2Hv-A1.

Ordered some new stuff from Newegg, UPS next-day shipping on 8/31/07. It is now 9/5/07 and I still don't have my goodies. First it was the three-day weekend that I had forgotten about, then they sent it to the wrong city, and now it has been "out for delivery" for 17 hours! It's 10:30PM! And of...

Yay, I get to argue with someone else ;) (I re-arranged some of the subjects for my response, if you feel this altered your points, I apologize) First off, where we agree: Agreed! Corporations having the rights of individuals makes no sense. Also agreed! A large group of is incredibly...

The options I provided were simply the ones that came to mind. Please feel free to explain your own reasoning outside of that framework. Very, very true. Which is why I only read articles from the most popular sites, and (importantly) I'm sure to read the comments as well. Slashdot seems to be...

Abusive and evasive...brilliant (or not ;)) One of the easiest ways to determine the trustworthiness of a source is to look at their motives. Another good way is to have a long track record with the source. The third would be to have extensive knowledge of the material. In politics, everyone...

There is a difference between being told how to think and being given reliable information. Were we to talk issues, I doubt some of our opinions would vary as much as you think; I am a small-government fiscal conservative. I just think you are sticking your chin out a bit too far, perhaps...

I have another minute or so, so I'll bite. How? Do you already have first-hand knowledge of the event? Did you originally hear it from a "known good" source? Does it pass a "smell test" based on other information? If you don't know that the source you are reading is trustworthy, what good...

I just don't have that kind of time. Each story from an untrustworthy source would need to be verified by other sources, and those would need to be verified. Blogging and "news" websites have become such a haven for fud-incest and astroturfing that I give them practically no credibility. At...

Perhaps we could first come to an agreement about what (if any) relatively 'neutral' sources there are out there, then use them as a source? Sticking to more major outlets might be a good start; as soon as I saw the url (worldnetdaily? never heard of them), I didn't bother to go further.

Thanks for the time to investigate and inform, Merc. Wonderful. I'm using the web interface for DNS management, and it looks good from there. How frustrating. I can only hope that deleting the line and adding it again does the trick. Other suggestions?

Especially especially if you won't be able to get to the array to replace the drive immediately. Especially especially especially if you won't have active fault monitoring on the array.

I just went to the management page and it looks good, what is wrong with it?

I'm setting up another domain for an existing client. tomssiteservices.com (horribly long, I know, I didn't pick it out) At present all I want is e-mail, directed to our exchange server. For easy maintenance, I keep the exchange server at donchapin.dyndns.org and redirect all the MX records...

This is probably your best bet, Tony. 1. Get a basic machine that nobody uses for regular work, it is just your image source. 2. Maintain an up-to-date install with all your usual apps already on, updated, and configured. 3. Whenever you need to do an install, put your destination drive in...

The most important thing for OS support is that it can handle GPT partitions. IIRC, this includes XP x64, 2003 Server, and Vista. If it is an external array, it could, in theory, use any type of connector imaginable regardless of the disk interface type; there is a RAID controller between the...

It looks to me like it has a pair of fiber channel ports for data access, and an RJ45 for management.

I did that for an old place I used to live. Cut out all the wiring of the house, and routed a single line to the attic. There I installed the modem directly to a single splitter that went to the fax and cordless phone. This did help speeds and minor outages significantly. Of course, the house...